Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill

Name: Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill
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ISBN: 9780521556453

ISBN-10: 0521556457

ISBN-13: 9780521556453

Edition: 1998

Authors: Michael Manheim

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Description:

This volume of essays contains studies of Eugene O'Neill's life, his intellectual & creative forebears, & his relation to the theatrical world of his creative period, 1916-42. It also has descriptions of the O'Neill canon & its production history.

Book details

List price: $38.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/24/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



List of illustrations


Notes on contributors


Chronology


List of plays and poems


Introduction Michael Manheim



'Celebrant of loss': Eugene ONeill 18881953




ONeills philosophical and literary paragons




ONeill and the theatre of his time




From trial to triumph: the early plays




The middle plays




The late plays




Notable American stage productions




ONeill on screen




ONeills America: the strange interlude between the wars




ONeills African and Irish-Americans: stereotypes or faithful realism?




ONeills female characters




A tale of possessors self-disposessed




Trying to write the family play: autobiography and the dramatic imagination




The stature of Long Days Journey Into Night




ONeill and the cult of sincerity




ONeill criticism



Select bibliography of full-length works


Index